Wang, Sunny Kuan-Hui

Sense perception and testimony in the Gospel according to John / Sunny Kuan-Hui Wang - Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, ©2017 - xiv, 257 p. ; 24 cm. - Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament., 2. Reihe ; 435 .

Revised thesis (doctoral)-- Durham University, 2014.

2. Rhetorical Appeal to Emotion3. Ways to Achieve Ἐνάργεια; 4. An Analysis of Plato's Apology and Cicero's Verrine Orations; 4.1 Plato's Apology; 4.1.1 Repetition and the Presence of the Crowd; 4.1.2 Repetition, Contrast and Creating a Pictorial Image by Noting Particular Features of Actions and Objects; 4.1.3 Verbal Cues to Prompt Imagination; 4.1.4 Repetition with a Description of Sudden Actions; 4.2 Cicero's Verrine Orations; 4.2.1 Using Dialogues, Contrast and Creating a Pictorial Image by Noting Particular Features of Actions and Objects. 1.1 The Prologue (John 1:1-18)1.2 The Testimony of the Baptist and the First Disciples (John 1:19-51); 1.3 The Public Ministry of Jesus (John 2-12); 1.4 The Farewell Discourse (John 13-17); 1.5 The Passion and Resurrection of Jesus (John 18-21) ; 2. Problems with Sense Perception; 2.1 The Undefined Object; 2.2 The Vision of the Invisible: Glory, the Spirit and the Lamb of God; 2.3 The Perception of God by Privileged Witnesses; 2.4 The Perception of Signs within the Narrative; 2.5 Perception Pre- and Post-Easter; 3. John's Use of Testimony Language. Chapter 3: The Intended Audience and the Purpose of the Gospel1. John 20:30-31; 1.1 Textual Variant in John 20:31a; 1.2 The Construction of ἵνα + πιστεύω; 2. John's Concept of Faith; 3. The Content of the Gospel; 3.1 Structure and Presentation; 3.2 The Language of Abiding and Indwelling; 3.3 Ambiguities and Allusiveness in Language; 3.4 The Paraclete; 3.5 The Mission Motif; 4. Conclusion; Chapter 4: Sense Perception, the Knowledge of God and Testimony in the Jewish Scriptures; 1. Theophany; 1.1 Jacob's Ladder (סלם) (Gen 28:10-17); 1.2 Theophany on Mount Sinai. 1.2.1 The Israelites' Perception of God (Exodus 19-20)1.2.2 Moses' Perception of God (Exodus 33-34) ; 2. The Exodus Miracles; 3. Communal Vision in Deuteronomy; 4. The Tabernacle and the Ark of Testimony; 5. Prophetic Sign-Acts; 6. The Book of Isaiah; 6.1 The Motif of Blindness and Deafness; 6.2 The Motif of Light and Darkness; 6.3 The Motif of Trial and Sense Perception; 7. Conclusion; Chapter 5: Sense Perception and Testimony in the Graeco-Roman World; 1. Techniques in Judicial Oratory to 'bring before the eyes' the thing told: Ἐκφρασις and Ἐνάργεια; 1.1 Ἐκφρασις; 1.2 Ἐνάργεια.

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